Zhigang Lu

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Zhigang Lu is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhigang Lu has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 33 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 31 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Zhigang Lu's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (41 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (27 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers). Zhigang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (41 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (27 papers) and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (15 papers). Zhigang Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Africa. Zhigang Lu's co-authors include Jiayin Zhang, Elena Losina, Kenneth A. Freedberg, Bingxia Wang, Mengmeng Yu, Yuqian Bao, Xu Dai, Weiping Jia, Rochelle P. Walensky and Janet Giddy and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Diabetes.

In The Last Decade

Zhigang Lu

102 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Association of a Smartphone Application With Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhigang Lu China	27	1.1k	844	648	619	600	108	3.0k
David A. Zidar United States	19	1.3k 1.2×	255 0.3×	165 0.3×	311 0.5×	541 0.9×	59	2.9k
Rebecca Scherzer United States	38	1.9k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	89 0.1×	1.0k 1.7×	763 1.3×	177	4.9k
Matthew J. Feinstein United States	22	538 0.5×	304 0.4×	112 0.2×	349 0.6×	713 1.2×	101	2.1k
Piergiorgio Duca Italy	27	212 0.2×	101 0.1×	328 0.5×	1.1k 1.8×	263 0.4×	99	2.9k
Harlan Sayles United States	31	345 0.3×	71 0.1×	300 0.5×	484 0.8×	153 0.3×	162	3.2k
Chris T. Longenecker United States	25	934 0.9×	482 0.6×	52 0.1×	648 1.0×	681 1.1×	136	2.8k
Sandy Feng United States	51	233 0.2×	335 0.4×	88 0.1×	2.9k 4.6×	191 0.3×	146	10.9k
Prateeti Khazanie United States	23	128 0.1×	210 0.2×	49 0.1×	171 0.3×	903 1.5×	66	1.8k
Jonathan C. Goldsmith United States	24	437 0.4×	243 0.3×	63 0.1×	268 0.4×	103 0.2×	73	2.6k
Donna Buono United States	23	807 0.8×	375 0.4×	59 0.1×	483 0.8×	35 0.1×	45	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhigang Lu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sarpatwari, Ameet, Zhigang Lu, Massimiliano Russo, et al.. (2025). Physician Experiences With and Perspectives on Clozapine Prescribing. JAMA Network Open. 8(2). e2459311–e2459311.

Wang, Lili, et al.. (2024). Associations between static and dynamic changes of platelet counts and in-hospital mortality in critical patients with acute heart failure. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9147–9147. 3 indexed citations

Feldman, William B., Leah Z. Rand, Daniel Carpenter, et al.. (2024). Trust in the Food and Drug Administration: A National Survey Study. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 116(2). 408–414. 3 indexed citations

Dhruva, Sanket S., Aaron S. Kesselheim, Steven Woloshin, et al.. (2023). Physician Perspectives on the Food and Drug Administration's Decision to Grant Accelerated Approval to Aducanumab for Alzheimer's Disease. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 114(3). 614–617. 4 indexed citations

Wyss, Richard, et al.. (2023). Development and Validation of a Claims-Based Model to Predict Categories of Obesity. American Journal of Epidemiology. 193(1). 203–213. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Mengmeng, Xu Dai, Lihua Yu, et al.. (2020). Hemodynamic Change of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque After Statin Treatment: A Serial Follow‐Up Study by Computed Tomography‐Derived Fractional Flow Reserve. Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(10). 12 indexed citations

Dai, Xu, Lihua Yu, Zhigang Lu, et al.. (2020). Serial change of perivascular fat attenuation index after statin treatment: Insights from a coronary CT angiography follow-up study. International Journal of Cardiology. 319. 144–149. 62 indexed citations

Sultana, Janet, Isabel Hurtado, Francesco Giorgianni, et al.. (2019). Antipsychotic utilization patterns among patients with schizophrenic disorder: a cross-national analysis in four countries. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 75(7). 1005–1015. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Junwei, Ying Ren, Zhigang Lu, et al.. (2019). The combination of nonthyroidal illness syndrome and renal dysfunction further increases mortality risk in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 19(1). 50–50. 11 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Lisa M., et al.. (2019). Randomized Study of Providing Evidence Context to Mitigate Physician Misinterpretation Arising From Off-Label Drug Promotion. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 12(11). e006073–e006073. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yuehua, Mengmeng Yu, Xu Dai, et al.. (2019). Detection of Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Stenosis: CT Myocardial Perfusion versus Machine Learning CT Fractional Flow Reserve. Radiology. 293(2). 305–314. 60 indexed citations

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Bao, Yuqian, Yun Shen, Xueli Zhang, et al.. (2018). Contribution of Serum FGF-21 Level to the Identification of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Death. Diabetes. 67(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yuehua, Jiayin Zhang, Ming‐Hua Li, et al.. (2015). Procedural success of CTO recanalization: Comparison of the J-CTO score determined by coronary CT angiography to invasive angiography. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 9(6). 578–584. 24 indexed citations

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Ciaranello, Andrea, Zhigang Lu, Samuel Ayaya, et al.. (2014). Incidence of World Health Organization Stage 3 and 4 Events, Tuberculosis and Mortality in Untreated, HIV-infected Children Enrolling in Care Before 1 Year of Age. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 33(6). 623–629. 23 indexed citations

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Hao, Yaping, Jian Zhou, Mi Zhou, et al.. (2013). Serum Levels of Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 Are Inversely Associated with Coronary Artery Disease in Chinese Individuals. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e72345–e72345. 35 indexed citations

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Shen, Yun, Xiaojing Ma, Jian Zhou, et al.. (2013). Additive relationship between serum fibroblast growth factor 21 level and coronary artery disease. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 12(1). 124–124. 116 indexed citations

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Bao, Yuqian, Zhigang Lu, Mi Zhou, et al.. (2011). Serum Levels of Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Are Associated with the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Chinese Women. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e19115–e19115. 47 indexed citations

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Bao, Yuqian, Mi Zhou, Zhigang Lu, et al.. (2011). Serum levels of osteocalcin are inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome and the severity of coronary artery disease in Chinese men. Clinical Endocrinology. 75(2). 196–201. 76 indexed citations

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Lu, Zhigang. (2007). The Quality of Washed Platelet Concentrates and the Outcome of Transfusion. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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Bassett, Ingrid V., Janet Giddy, Bingxia Wang, et al.. (2007). Routine Voluntary HIV Testing in Durban, South Africa. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 46(2). 181–186. 81 indexed citations

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